2 dynamic language myths

the 2 biggest myths I see all the timethat get spouted by noobs are that:
1) JIT makes huge speed gains in VM languages
2) a VM language will run as fast as C if its compiled to machine language

This is simply not true, Lua's JIT does not make any significant speed gains. Python's compile-to-platform implementations are not much faster than fast VM languages like Lua

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VM developers have had nearly 17 years to accomplish this, but no one has managed it. It's a myth, and yet proponents of dynamic languages continue to believe in it. They're no different than Marxists who continue to believe in the myth/big lie of egalitarianism and equality. They're no different from creationists who continue to believe the Earth was formed in 6 days some 6000 years ago.